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Anytalk emojis4/8/2023 LegislationĪnd finally, a homegrown Canadian example to keep an eye out for over the next few weeks.ĭuring the election, watch out for any talk of repealing, replacing or working around the landmark legislation from 2017, which added the phrase “gender identity or expression” to several key pieces of Canadian human rights law. And, sure enough, the aforementioned group’s topline includes references to the phrases above, along with a follow from the world’s most famous transphobe, J.K. “LGB.” This one is pretty self-explanatory: if a group is really, really insisting on not including a specific letter of the acronym (like the U.K.’s LGB Alliance), there’s a big ol’ transphobic reason for that. “Male-bodied.” This is an incredibly transphobic and inaccurate way that anti-trans activists will describe trans women. This is a way of separating the rights that cis women have from those of trans women, without straight-up saying they’re transphobic. “Sex-based rights.” Anti-trans activists will often use this phrase to suggest that trans people pose a threat to these rights and are therefore anti-feminist. Anti-trans folks who think “TERF” is a slur (they’re out there) use this phrase to describe themselves to avoid explicitly identifying as trans-exclusionary, even though they are. Anti-trans groups argue that even the idea of a gender identity is a threat to women and their rights. It’s an argument that gender identity is made up, but “biological sex” is material and real. “Gender critical.” If a self-described feminist says they’re gender critical, they’re anti-trans. Here are a few of the big hitters, and what they really mean. There are a few common phrase and terms that will turn you on to whether that so-called feminist or queer group is inclusive of trans folks or not. The purple, green and white flag is associated with the women’s suffrage movement in the United Kingdom and has become a rallying flag for a specific brand of anti-trans so-called “feminism.” If a website or third-party group really seems to be leaning into the colour palette, you might want to give them pause. (In fact, the colours made up the genderqueer flag long before they were consistently used by transphobic women’s groups.) But just as they ruined any positive associations we have with a certain bespectacled wizard, anti-trans activists ruined these colours, too. So when you see purple, green and white together, you might immediately associate it with some sort of queer or gender terminology. Until we have an emoji for every identity, we have to make do-whether you’re a non-binary person like me throwing yellow, purple, black and white hearts around, or a pansexual embracing the pink, yellow and blue. Coloursįor a lot of incredibly online folks across the LGBTQ2S+ spectrum, coloured heart emojis in social media bios or posts are often the norm. With that in mind, here are some things to watch out for to help you identify if that so-called women’s group or queer group is actually full of transphobic nonsense. Sometimes it can be hard to realize your candidate’s true agenda until it’s too late. Our newsletters may contain promotional messages, please see our Privacy Policy.
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